Lawson, MO is a small city located in northwest Missouri, and its politics are heavily impacted by the local government. The City Council of Lawson is made up of five members, including the mayor, and is responsible for setting local laws and ordinances. The Council meets regularly to discuss issues that affect the city as well as making decisions on budgeting, zoning laws, and development projects. Additionally, the Council appoints a city administrator who oversees the daily operations of Lawson's government. On a larger scale, residents of Lawson have the opportunity to vote for representatives in state and federal elections. These candidates are chosen based on their political platform and work hard to ensure their constituents are represented in their respective legislatures.
The political climate in Zip 64062 (Lawson, MO) is very conservative.
Ray County, MO is very conservative. In Ray County, MO 26.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ray county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.5% to 26.6%.
Ray county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 64062 (Lawson, MO) is very conservative.
Lawson, Missouri is very conservative.
Ray County, Missouri is very conservative.
Kansas City Metro Area is leaning liberal.
Missouri is somewhat conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Lawson, Missouri: d r r R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 64062 (Lawson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 49 contributions totaling $1,979 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 29 contributions totaling $3,316 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)